The sixth alleged member of the baby gang involved in the attack that cost the life of Sako Bakari , the 35-year-old farm worker originally from Mali killed with three stab wounds at dawn last Saturday in Piazza Fontana, in the old city of Taranto , was also identified and arrested by the Taranto Flying Squad.

According to reports, the suspect is a 22-year-old, the second adult in the group , also residing in the historic center of the Ionian capital. The arrest warrant was executed by police on the orders of Prosecutor Eugenia Pontassuglia and Deputy Prosecutor Paola Ranieri.

The number of suspects under investigation for aggravated homicide due to trivial motives thus rises to six. Twenty-year-old Fabio Sale and four minors were already arrested in recent days . Sale is scheduled for questioning today before Taranto investigating judge Gabriele Antonaci, while the four minors will appear tomorrow before investigating judge Paola Morelli.

The incident has sparked outrage and outrage in the city. The 35-year-old, described as a quiet, gentle, and hardworking man, had stopped in Piazza Fontana, in the old city, last Saturday for a coffee before going to work. It was then that he encountered the group of youths, who had apparently surrounded him, attacked him, beaten him, and then stabbed him to death with at least three stab wounds, according to investigations conducted by a 15-year-old . Dying and bleeding, he entered a bar to ask for help, but the manager chased him away without calling for help.

Bakari arrived in Taranto in 2022. For a few years, he worked as a waiter, then as a farm laborer in Massafra while waiting to find another home. He leaves behind two wives in his hometown, both expecting children. He routinely left his bike at the station to catch a bus that took him to the fields.

(Unioneonline)